How To Set Focus When Recording A Motion Picture ([Continuous Af]); Recording Motion Pictures With Manually Set Aperture Value/Shutter Speed (Creative Video Mode) - Panasonic DMC-GH4 Basic Operating Instructions Manual

Motion Picture

How to set focus when recording a motion picture ([Continuous AF])

Applicable modes:
Focusing changes depending on the Focus Mode setting (P36) and the [Continuous AF]
setting in the [Motion Picture] menu.
[Focus Mode]
[AFS]/[AFF]/
[AFC]
[MF]
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When the focus mode is set to [AFS], [AFF] or [AFC], if you press the shutter button halfway
while recording a motion picture, the camera will re-adjust the focus.
Recording motion pictures with manually set
aperture value/shutter speed
Recording Mode:
It is possible to manually change the aperture and shutter speed and record motion
pictures.
1
Set the mode dial to [
2
Select the menu. (P28)
>
MENU
3
Press 3/4 to select [P], [A], [S] or [M], and then press [MENU/SET].
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The operation for changing the aperture value or shutter speed is the same as the
operation for setting the mode dial to
4
Start recording.
•
Press the motion picture button or the shutter button to start recording a motion picture.
(Still pictures cannot be taken.)
5
Stop recording.
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Press the motion picture button or the shutter button to stop recording a motion picture.
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[Continuous
AF]
The camera automatically keeps focusing on subjects
[ON]
during recording. (P36)
The camera maintains the focus position at the start of
[OFF]
recording.
[ON]/[OFF] You can focus manually. (P40)
].
[Motion Picture] > [Exposure Mode]
Description of settings
(Creative Video Mode)
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